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Arrest in Deadly Wilkinsburg Shooting

Pittsburgh's Action News 4 Reporter David Kaplan with new details after an arrest in a deadly shooting in Wilkinsburg

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Updated: 5:54 AM EST Dec 11, 2015

Arrest in Deadly Wilkinsburg Shooting

Pittsburgh's Action News 4 Reporter David Kaplan with new details after an arrest in a deadly shooting in Wilkinsburg

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Updated: 5:54 AM EST Dec 11, 2015

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WEBVTT EVERYTHING STILL LOOKS GOOD. YOU'RE NOT DEALING WITH FOG THIS MORNING. WE'LL SEND IT BACK TO YOU GUYS. >> THANK YOU, BREAKING RIGHT NOW, BRAND NEW REVELATIONS FOLLOWING THE SHOOTING DEATH OF A MAN IN WILKINSBURG. THE SUSPECT IS IN CUSTODY. AND WHAT HE SAYS HAPPENED BEFORE AND AFTER THE GUNFIRE RANG OUT. I WANT TO GET OUT TO PITTSBURGH'S ACTION NEWS 4RATOR DAVID KAPLAN LIVE OUTSIDE THE ALLEGHENY COUNTY JAIL. >> WE TOLD YOU ABOUT THE VICTIM, 22-YEAR-OLD REGIS JONES, HIS BODY DISCOVERED YESTERDAY IN A CHURCH ALLEY IN WILKINSBURG. WE JUST PICKED UP THE CRIMINAL COMPLAINT. ACCORDING TO THAT POLICE HAVE IDENTIFIED A SUSPECT, SHAUN TELL STUDVANT. ACCORDING TO WITNESSES, FROM THE CHURCH AND THE AREA, THEY IDENTIFIED TWO MEN WALKING TOGETHER AFTER 11:00 ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT WHEN THE MURDER ALLEGEDLY TOOK PLACE. STUDVANT ACTUALLY REACHED OUT TO HOMICIDE DETECTIVES AROUND 4:30 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON TO TELL POLICE HIS VERSION OF THE STORY AND ORIGINALLY TOLD POLICE HE WAS WITH JONES, BUT THE PAIR SEPARATED. DURING THE COURSE OF THAT INTERVIEW, STUDVANT CHANGED HIS STORY AND SAID THE TWO WERE WALKING TOGETHER, WALKED TO THAT CHURCH ALLEY AND STUDVANT SAYS THAT JONES, THE VICTIM, THEN PULLED THE GUN ON HIM AND TRIED TO ROB LIM HIM. A FIGHT OVER THE GUN ENSUED, HE GOT THE GUN AND ENDED UP SHOOTING JONES. STUDVANT TOLD POLICE SHORTLY AFTER THAT HAPPENED, HE BURNED HIS CLOTHES IN A WOODED AREA OF EAST HILLS, AND THEN LATER IN THE COURSE OF THE MORNING, DUMPED THE GUN INTO THE ALLEGHENY RIVER. AGAIN, ALL OF THIS AN I N I -- ACCORDING TO THE CRIMINAL COMPLAINT. HE'S BEEN CHARGED WITH HOMICIDE AND TAMPERING WITH PHYSICAL EVIDENCE AND ILLEGAL POSSESSION OF A GUN. HIS PRELIMINARY HEARING AT THIS

Arrest in Deadly Wilkinsburg Shooting

Pittsburgh's Action News 4 Reporter David Kaplan with new details after an arrest in a deadly shooting in Wilkinsburg